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G. REINISGH.

SHOE FOR TRAVELING BAGS.

No. 880,768. Patented Apr. 10, 1888.

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SHOE FOR TRAVELING BAGS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES REINISGH, OF NEW'ARK, NEW JERSEY.

SHOE FOR TRAVELING-BAGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,768, dated April 10, 1888.

Application filed December 19, 1887. Serial No. 258,259. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GHAELEs REINIsoH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoes for Bags; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

. This invention is designed to provide a device for protecting the lower ends of a bagframe where they are pivoted or jointed together. The necessity for some sort of protection is manifest from the fact that in handling bags on the cars and in baggagerooms the said ends of the frame are frequently torn apart in consequence of the rough handling to which they are subjected, particularly when The devices which have been used for this purpose while they have to some degree protected the frame at the point desired, still they are not readily attached to the bag.

My improved device is designed to remedy this difficulty, and to provide an improved shoe or end tip which can be secured to the bag with but comparatively little labor,'and which alsocan be made economically.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bag to which is attached my improved shoe. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, enlarged,'of one of the bagjoints, showing the relation of my improved shoe thereto. Figs. 3 and i are perspective views of the separated parts of my improved shoe, detached from the bag. of the hooked portion of the said device. On Sheet 2, Fig. 6, is an end elevation of a bag, showing the relation of my improvement thereto when the bag is closed. Fig. 7 shows the relation of the same to said bag when open; and Fig. 8 is an end elevation of the shoe in its closed position, showing the hooked portionconcealed behind the tip. Fig. 9 is a sectional or bar projecting therefrom.

Fig. 5 is a plan In the said views, A and A designate the frame-sections of the bag, and B the leather portion thereof or the bag proper. Extending longitudinally through the bottom of the bag is a rod or bar, a, which is designed to strengthen the frame, and also extends through the lower ends of the frame-sections and forms the pin on which said frame-sections turn and by which they are riveted together at each of the joints.

My improved shoe, which is intended to protect the joint, consists of two portions, one

of which, a, is secured to the outside of the framesection A at the joint, and the other, (I, being secured to the bottom of the bag contiguous to said joint.

For convenience of reference in description, I will call the plate or portion 0 the tip or end tip, and the portion dthe base-plate, the device as a whole being designated as a shoe.

As indicated in Fig. 2 more particularly, the tip is secured to the outermost frame-section, A, by the bar a, which extends through the frame-sections and is riveted on the outside of the tip, an additional screw or rivet, 0', being also employed for additional security in fastening the tip to the bag-frame. As indicated in Fig. 2, the. tip is so formed that when the same is secured in position to the bag-frame a space is provided between the lower portion of the tip and the frame-section to which the same is secured, and across the this space is to provide room for the hooked uisite amount of movement of the baseplate' and hooked portion thereof without the disengagement of said hooked portion from said bar. As indicated in'Fig. 2, the base-plate is provided with rivet-holes d and said baseplate is secured to the bottom of the bag by means of the rivets d, which pass through the leather 1) and pasteboard b in the bottom of the bag and are riveted to a washer-plate, (2 on the bottom of the interior of the bag. Other ways of fastening the base-plate to the bag without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention may be employed.

In those bags in which the bar 0, extending through the bag, is not used, but in which the joint at the end of the frame-sections is made by riveting the same together, the rivet is extended across the space between the tip and the frame-section andis riveted to the outside of the tip, as will be understood.

From the above description it will be seen that as the bag is opened and closed the hooked end of the base-plate moves backward and forward around the bar, thus permitting ample movement of the frame-sections, but at the same time holding the base-plate in constant engagement with the said bar, so that the base-plate cannot be torn from the bottom of the bag, being held not only at the hooked end but also by the rivets b.

The facility with which my improved shoe may be attached to the corners of the bag will be apparent to those skilled in the state of the art. When thus attached,the tip is first riveted in position, and the end d of the base-plate is then hooked over the bar a, and is then riveted to the bottom ot the bag. The device as above made can be readily stamped out of sheet metal and in consequence can be made very cheaply. The bara may be formed integrally with the tip and may constitute the rivet which holds the frame sections together at the joint when the said tip is cast, which is a practical method of constructing the device.

It will be noticed in Fig. 2 that the end of the base-plate dis bent downward and outward at the pointwhere the hooked portion d meets said base-plate. Instead of thus bending down the base-plate the same maybe carried straight out, as indicated in Fig. 8, so that when viewed in end elevation but a little of said base-plate is seen below the edge of the tip. The end plate or tip may also be carried down to the lower edge of the base-plate, and thus conceal the same when viewed from the end and secure a better finish.

I am aware of patent, numbered 362,581, to Isaac Heller, in which is shown an end tip formed in one piece, similar to an angle-plate and secured to the bag at the joint. My improved bag-shoe or tip differs from this device in being formed in two pieces secured independently to the side and bottom of the bagjoint, the tip moving with the frame-section to which it is secured, so as not to leave the same projecting upwardly between the opened frame-sections, as is the case in the device above referred to. My improvement, while being formed in two portions, thereby greatly facilitating the attachment of the same to the bag, is so constructed that the said portions when attached to the bag are held together,

but at the same time are free to move in their engagement when the bag is opened.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. In a bag-shoe, the combination of an end tip secured to the lower end of the bag-frame, and so formed as to leave a space between said tip and the bag-frame, and provided with a bar extending across said space, a base-plate secured to the bottom of said bag near the joint and provided with a hooked portion extending up into and working within the space between the tip and the bag-frame, and engaging with the bar therein, for the purposes set forth.

2. In a bagshoe, the combination, with a bag-frame, of an end tip secured to the lower end of the said bag-frame at the joint thereof, and so formed as to leave a space between said tip and the bag-frame, and provided with a bar extending across said space, and a baseplate secured to the bottom of said bag-frame near the joint, and provided with a hooked portion extending up into and working within the space between the tip and the bag-frame when the bag is opened and closed and engaging with the bar therein, for the purposes set forth.

3. In a bag-shoe, the combination of a bagframe, an end tip secured to the outside of said bag-frame at the joint and so formed as to leave a space between the same and the said bag-frame, a rivet uniting said bag-frame sections together at the jointand extending across the space between the tip and said bag-frame, a base-plate secured to the bottom of the tag at the joint, and provided with a hooked portion extending up into and working within the space between the tip and the bag-frame when the bag is opened and closed and engaging with the rivet or-bar therein, for the purposes set forth.

4. In a bag-shoe, the combination of a bagframe, end tips secured to the outside of said frame at the joints and so formed as to leave a space between the same and the said bagframe, a bar extending longitudinally through the bottom of the bag and the ends of the framesections at the joints, thus forming the rivets on whichsaid frame-sections turn, and also extending across the spaces between the end tips and the sides of the bag-frame sections at the joint, base-plates secured to the bottom of the bag near the joints, and provided with hooked portions extending up into and working within the spaces between the tips and the bag-frame when the bag is opened and closed and engaging with the bar therein, for the purposes set forth.

, 5. A bag-shoe consisting of an end tip-plate adapted to be secured to the bottom of the side of a bag-frame at the joint, and an independent base-plate adapted to be secured to the bottom of a bag at said joint, said tip and rivets uniting the base-plate with the washer and extending through the bottom of the bag, for the purpose set forth.

, 7. A bag-shoe having an end tip-plate provided with apin or bar thereon, said plate being adapted to be secured to a bag-frame at the joint, and a base-plate adapted to be secured to the bottom of a bag at the joint, and provided with a bent-up end having a curved 20 slot therein which engages with the pin on the tip-plate, for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

CHAS. REINISCH.

Witnesses:

FREDK. F. CAMPBELL, 'FREDK. E. FRAENTZEL; 

